Chapter 258: The Most Treasured Thing

Even if they were unwilling to do so, the remaining enemies had to withdraw. They even left in a very quick and hasty manner... They left in disgrace after their mission was nearly accomplished .

The elite Anbu of Konoha, who were waiting for the opportunity, had already arrived near the Land of Whirlpools. Because of the barrier, Hanyu could not be sure when the support from Konoha would arrive. But if they had not appeared when the barrier was lifted, there were only two reasons to explain it.

First, the Third Hokage wanted to abandon the remaining Uzumaki clan members, so he did not issue the order to provide assistance; second, the Anbu ninja neglected their duties.

There is still Uzumaki Mito in Konoha, so the first possibility may not happen. And because the first possibility will not happen, the second possibility will not happen either.

More than thirty Konoha ninjas wearing Anbu masks arrived at the location of Hanyu and others as soon as the barrier was lifted.

The enemy chose to retreat first, but Hanyu and the Uzumaki ninjas did not stop them.

"Hanyu-sama."

The leading Anbu ninja came to Hanyu's side. He should be the captain of this operation.

"Everyone, form a formation and prioritize blocking the sea area between the Whirlpool Country and the Fire Country. Make sure the enemy doesn't come back. Use a roundabout way to break into the Fire Country. Our people can't withstand that kind of pursuit." Hanyu said to the other party.

Although this is unlikely to happen considering the enemy's current state, we still need to be prepared.

"Master Hanyu... I think our primary goal now should be to pursue the remaining enemies and eliminate them one by one. Our secondary goal is to clean up the battlefield and seek help from any wounded. The most important thing... is the conservative approach you mentioned.

If the barrier here had been opened earlier, you wouldn't have suffered such casualties, and the enemy would have been surrounded by us in time." said the Anbu ninja.

keep?

Hanyu frowned.

Even though ANBU ninjas were always very indifferent when performing ANBU missions, this ninja's remarks had nothing to do with indifference - he was clearly accusing Hanyu and Uzumaki of making problematic decisions.

Really? So killing enemies is the priority.

It turns out that Anbu ninjas also need to gain credit and show their presence. Or this Anbu ninja did not understand the purpose of this action, or he thought that the whirlpool could also be used to exchange for credit, or he just likes killing?

Hanyu's peaceful mood was swept away, replaced by a cold look.

He shook the Samehada in his hand a few times, then threw it behind him. Then, his free hand lightly pressed on the hilt of his sword.

"If we open the barrier in advance as you said, what will happen to the Uzumaki people who haven't evacuated in time at sea? Don't even mention your protective ability. Compared to the powerful barrier just now, your protection is not trustworthy at all.

And...are you really an ANBU ninja?"

Hanyu felt that this Anbu ninja talked too much. Anbu who talk too much are not good Anbu, especially when they are on a mission.

Maybe he was a spy sent by some village? Is that a possibility?

The ninja naturally felt the unusually cold emotion coming from Hanyu... This was something he originally thought he could fight against, but in reality it was also something he could not fight against at all.

"…Yes, Hanyu-sama, I joined the ANBU five years ago."

After five years as a member, he is now at least a squad leader of the Anbu, and the fact that he is in charge of such an operation shows that his abilities are trustworthy.

"Promoted from the root?"

Hanyu's words and sentences are getting shorter and shorter, which... is not a good sign.

"Not really."

As he spoke, he turned his shoulder, revealing a flame tattoo outlined with simple lines. There was only this pattern and no other signs, indicating that he should not have been to the root.

"Then let me ask you, what is the mission that the Third Hokage gave you?"

"Ensure the evacuation of the Uzumaki clan."

There is no doubt that the Third Hokage would only make such a task arrangement.

"The power of command on the spot is in your hands or in mine."

And this is a more important question, which determines whether Hanyu has the ability to punish his subordinates. After all, he is no longer an Anbu ninja, and there is no subordinate relationship between the Shadow Stream and the Anbu.

"In the hands of Master Hanyu."

"So... do you have any other questions?"

"...there is none left."

"So, follow the order."

After saying this, Hanyu lowered his eyes slightly, his narrow vision only focused on the opponent's feet. Next, either this Anbu ninja turned around and carried out Hanyu's order, or...

He just turned around.

If the other party refuses to carry out Hanyu's orders, then he will never be able to return to Konoha.

Fortunately... he turned around.

As a result, the chill that Hanyu brought from the night either dissipated or subsided.

Hanyu loosened his grip on the sword, and after the Anbu ninjas went to guard the coastal passage, he led the remaining Uzumaki ninjas back to the village to search for the remaining survivors.

By the way, finish off those enemies who are still able to breathe but don't have time to retreat.

There are eleven Uzumaki ninjas left here, including the clan leader.

…

The village was still burning.

Hanyu walked up to a corpse and picked up another machete. He stared at the large circle on the front of the thick blade, then threw it back next to the corpse.

Scrap copper and iron.

"How many did you kill?"

Hanyu asked Sakumo who was standing beside him.

"They're all dead, but I only took out four of them," Sakumo said.

"You have four and I have one. Obviously you are more efficient than me, and the remaining two died in the chaos... The quality of fruits and vegetables this time is not very good. Let's see what the next harvest will bring."

As he spoke, Hanyu ordered Sakumo to finish off the enemy, and he himself continued forward along the dusty street.

Rather than searching and rescuing possible survivors, the Uzumaki ninjas were sorting and recovering the bodies of their companions. Some of the bodies could not even be recovered... Hanyu even had a broken hand. The battle just now could only be described as brutal.

This is especially true for the Uzumaki ninjas who are better at supporting combat.

After walking for a distance, Hanyu came to the ancestral hall of the Uzumaki clan. It was here that he first met Uzumaki Shisan. But now, he only saw the Uzumaki clan leader who had returned here earlier.

"Master Patriarch, is there anything important that has not been recovered here?"

The old patriarch shook his head and said, "It's gone. Everything valuable has already been taken to Konoha. What's left here are just old civil buildings that have been built for many years."

Originally, there were many whirlpool secrets stored in the ancestral hall, but because those things were important enough, they were taken away at the first time when the migration plan began. Now that the whirlpool ancestral hall has been emptied, there will naturally be no valuable things that Hanyu believes.

Everything here is not very important to Hanyu, but some things are important enough to the old patriarch, so he came here again.

He threw away the crutch in his hand, bent down and slowly swept away the rubble around the collapsed door, and then a heavy plaque buried underneath was revealed.

This is a very old thing, and even the word "Uzumaki" written on it is a little blurry.

Then the old patriarch picked it up and carried it on his shoulder.

"Let's go. This is the last thing we should bring to Konoha."

The Uzumaki clan leader's back was straight, and his voice was particularly powerful when he spoke. He didn't look like an old ninja who had been fighting all night.

Hanyu blinked and thought to himself, if you have this much strength, why do you still need to use crutches?

However, human beings are emotional creatures. No matter how hunchbacked or old they are, they can always carry what they are supposed to carry.

Hanyu also understood these things, so he never took the initiative to help.

Soon after, Uzumaki completed his search and Hatake finished finishing off the enemy, so it was time for them to leave the Whirlpool Kingdom.

"Have all those who should be strangled to death been strangled to death?" Hanyu asked Sakumo.

"certainly."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. You don't have to swear on my offspring anymore. I'm really sure."

Sakumo finally understood Hanyu's tactics.

Hanyu nodded. He still trusted Hatake very much... If he couldn't even finish off the opponent, then he deserved to be killed in his previous life (?).

Sakumo and Hanyu were hanging at the back of the team. The old clan leader carrying the plaque walked in the front, and the remaining Uzumaki ninjas were guarding him on both sides. They looked solemn as if they were performing some kind of ceremony.

There is a vast ocean in front of us and a burning village behind us, so for these whirlpools, the time ahead is as long as water and worth looking forward to, and the time past is as fierce as fire and worth remembering.

…

"Cough… cough… cough cough…"

Just after the Whirlpools withdrew from the burning village, a suppressed, almost imperceptible voice rang out.

With a blood-stained hand, he groped around and finally grabbed the handle of a huge long sword, using it as support to barely stand up.

He was covered with wounds and looked like a bloody man.

No one understood how he could survive such serious injuries, not even himself.

In short, Hanyu's wind-style chakra mode that appeared and disappeared on occasion did not kill him, and Hatake Sakumo came up with his descendant to finish him off... but either he failed to hit him or he failed to kill him.

For him, this was a battle full of regrets. If it weren't for his rash impulse, perhaps many things would not have happened like this.

I survived, perhaps just to remember this regret.

What was his name at the beginning?

He himself can't remember exactly, but now his name is "Pi", and then his name will be O, and one day...

Well, one day, who knows.

In the whirlpool village, the last person alive was actually a person who didn't belong here.

The object in his hand was very heavy, and his feeling about his body was even heavier. However, even heavier than these was his mood.

The young ninja, exuding a bloody smell that even the smoke could not cover up, and leaning on a heavy metal cane, walked step by step into the burning village.

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